Ruling · Holī · 2028

Saturday 11 March

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 10 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 350 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 10 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

16:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:59

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 11 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:59

0 of 143 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 10:21 on Fri 10 Mar to 06:36 on Sat 11 Mar.

    2028-03-10T04:51:25Z → 2028-03-11T01:06:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:11–18:34 on the 10th, 16:11–18:34 on the 11th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 143 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20990 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 10 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Ujjain, 2028: Saturday 11 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Holī 2028 falls on Saturday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:21 on Fri 10 Mar to 06:36 on Sat 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 10th.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2028/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 10thCoveredSāyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:51 → 17:0615:3691 min15:360 min11 Mar
Chicago22:51 → 19:0615:32140 min15:320 min11 Mar
Jersey City23:51 → 20:0615:37141 min15:380 min11 Mar
Port of Spain00:51 → 21:0615:52144 min15:520 min11 Mar
London04:51 → 01:0615:39138 min15:400 min11 Mar
Durban06:51 → 03:0615:49149 min15:480 min11 Mar
Dubai08:51 → 05:0616:03142 min16:030 min11 Mar
Delhi10:21 → 06:3616:04142 min16:050 min11 Mar
Kolkata10:21 → 06:3615:21143 min15:210 min11 Mar
Singapore12:51 → 09:0616:52145 min16:520 min11 Mar
Sydney15:51 → 12:0616:50150 min16:490 min11 Mar
Suva16:51 → 13:0615:5793 min15:570 min11 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s